Impunity for attacks on journalists draws international scrutiny Published at 20.12.2017 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD killing torture/ill-treatment labour rights protest HRD acquitted killing of journalist positive court ruling women extractive industries non state actors Read more
Civic space violations continue during post-electoral crisis Published at 30.01.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD positive CS development attack on journalist protest disruption HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference censorship Read more
Journalists protest Ukrainian postal service's refusal to distribute newspaper Published at 29.01.2018 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD killing protest Read more
Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression Published at 01.02.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction land rights Read more
Alarming wave of attacks against human rights defenders and journalists Published at 09.03.2018 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD positive court ruling harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Deadly anti-Kabila protests followed by wave of arrests of social movement activists Published at 11.05.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted killing of protestors non state actors journalist detained women protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained protest HRD killing excessive force internet restriction criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest sexual assault HRD prosecuted Read more
Attacks on fundamental freedoms continue in the lead up to elections Published at 09.02.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD prosecuted women attack on HRD environmental rights HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation land rights Read more
Black feminist activist and politician assassinated in Rio de Janeiro Published at 06.04.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing labour rights women excessive force censorship protest Read more
7 years on: Eastern Ghouta dubbed "hell on earth" Published at 06.04.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on journalist HRD killing Read more
Héctor Aguavil Calazacón of the indigenous community of Tsáchila murdered Published at 22.03.2018 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights Read more
Several journalists killed and more than 1,600 protesters injured in Gaza Published at 08.05.2018 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors restrictive law self censorship protest disruption attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction Read more
Wave of attacks against HRDs and journalists continues unabated Published at 09.05.2018 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law non state actors indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation HRD killing killing of journalist land rights Read more
More HRDs murdered: 3 killed in 5 days as civil society calls for better protection mechanisms Published at 25.05.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD HRD killing protest HRD prosecuted public vilification killing of journalist environmental rights land rights indigenous groups Read more
Journalist receives death threats Published at 27.08.2018 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest intimidation time,place restrictions HRD killing protest land rights Read more
More humanitarian workers killed as security situation worsens Published at 24.04.2018 Country Central African Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing Read more
Lawyer defending environmental rights activist killed in Honduras Published at 26.04.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force harassment HRD detained release of HRDs HRD killing protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Unending restrictions on civic freedoms Published at 02.05.2018 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women self censorship release of HRDs HRD detained HRD killing excessive force torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained time,place restrictions Read more
NGO report highlights different challenges faced by urban and rural HRDs and CSOs Published at 28.05.2018 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing attack on HRD censorship non state actors Read more
Calls for legislation to protect human rights defenders as attacks against them persist Published at 04.06.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on journalist women restrictive law HRD killing attack on HRD minority groups environmental rights intimidation extractive industries protest land rights Read more
Indigenous rights defenders in Peru at grave risk due to interests in community lands Published at 05.06.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth HRD killing excessive force environmental rights protest disruption indigenous groups women attack on journalist Read more
Brazil: A hostile place for journalists and activists with three killed in January Published at 07.02.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist protest disruption protestor(s) detained attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest Read more
